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Mr Edwards became a national star playing the landlord of the Winchester Club in the popular show (Image: FremantleMedia Ltd/REX/Shutterstock)

GLYNN Edwards, the actor best known for playing Dave the barman in TV hit Minder, has died aged 87, it was reported yesterday. Mr Edwards became a national star playing the landlord of the Winchester Club in the popular show, which ran for 10 series between 1979 and 1994.

His gullible bartender was teamed with George Cole, who played roguish car dealer Arthur Daley, and Dennis Waterman, who played Arthur’s bodyguard Terry McCann, in the ITV comedy-drama, which regularly pulled in 16 million viewers.

In spite of his success in the role, Mr Edwards’s part was initially a small one.

In an interview with the Daily Express’s Saturday magazine earlier this year, he said:

“It was just one day’s work initially, and seeing the script made me realise why – there were only a couple of lines. My agent persuaded me to accept it, explaining that the part may grow and, of course, it did.”